
TNK – MLB 25 BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #4 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (2-1) @ Texas Rangers (1-2)
Pitching Matchup – Richard Fitts (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Jacob deGrom (0-0, 0.00 ERA)



RECAP
The Red Sox got back to back HR as Alex Bregman hit a 2-run shot to CF and Triston Casas followed with a 430 foot bomb to RF in the top of the 1st off Jacob deGrom to take a quick 3-0 lead. Richard Fitts was pitching well early but Texas would get on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when Jonah Heim dropped a blooper into shallow LF for a 2 out RBI single and we would head to the 3rd inning with Boston leading 3-1. The score remained 3-1 until the top of the 5th when Bruce Bochy lifted deGrom after a lead off single by Jarren Duran and brought on Hoby Milner who struck out Devers before Bregman doubled and Casas followed with a RBI single scoring Duran to make it 4-1 but Bregman was thrown out trying to score. The Red Sox loaded the bases with 2 outs for Connor Wong dropped a soft liner into CF for a RBI single scoring a pair of runs to extend the lead to 6-1. Fitts struck out Marcus Semien for his 5th K of the game to end the 5th and send the game to the 6th inning with the Red Sox leading 6-1. Fitts recorded his 6th K to finish his outing by striking out Adolis Garcia to end the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning with Boston leading 6-1. Greg Weissert took over on the mound to begin the bottom of the 7th and the Rangers would load the bases with 1 out and Marcus Semien would knock in a run with a sac fly to RF scoring Burger to make it 6-2 and bring up Corey Seager with 2 outs. Alex Cora brought in left-hander Justin Wilson to face Seager and Wilson would get out of the inning as Seager flew out to Rafaela in CF stranding a pair and we would go to the 8th inning with the Red Sox leading 6-2. The Red Sox answered with a run in the top of the 8th on a RBI double down the RF line by Duran while Wilson returned to the mound and pitched a scoreless bottom of the 8th sending the game to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 7-2. Shawn Armstrong pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Texas and the Rangers would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 7-2 with Justin Slaten coming on to pitch for Boston. Josh Smith got things started for the Rangers in the bottom of the 9th with a liner in the gap for a lead off triple and Jonah Heim followed with a RBI sac fly to CF making it 7-3 with 1 out. Leody Taveras and Marcus Semien found holes for back to back singles putting two men on with 1 out and suddenly things were getting a little tense for the Red Sox. Corey Seager would battle Slaten to a full count before hitting a ground ball up the middle for a RBI single making it 7-4 and bringing the tying run to the plate as Wyatt Langford stepped to the plate with runners on the corners and 1 out. Aroldis Chapman was ready in the bullpen as Cora stuck with Slaten to face Langford but it's likely that we will see Chapman unless Slaten gets a double play to end the game preventing Pederson from getting to the plate. Langford hit a soft liner that was just out of the reach of the leaping attempt by Hamilton at shortstop as Semien scores on a RBI single by Langford to cut the Red Sox lead to 7-5 and bring up Joc Pederson with 1 out and two men on base. Cora would come out to get Slaten and bring in Aroldis Chapman who comes in to a tough spot with the tying run on base and 1 out. Chapman would record a huge K as he struck out Pederson looking on a nasty slider that froze Pederson and the Rangers were down to their final out with Adolis Garcia coming up. Chapman would close it out by striking out Garcia on a splitter as he comes on and records back to back Ks to finish it off as the Red Sox hang on after a scare in the 9th to win 7-5 and take 3 out of 4 from the Rangers to open the season
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox take 3 out of 4 from the Rangers to open the season and improve to 3-1 while the Rangers fall to 1-3
* The Red Sox got off to a fast start with the bats as Alex Bregman hit a 2-run HR to CF for his 1st HR as a member of the Red Sox and Triston Casas followed with a 430 foot blast to RF off deGrom as the Sox went back to back in the top of the 1st inning to jump out to a 3-0 lead
* The Rangers were led by Josh Smith who went 2 for 3 with a double and a triple while Wyatt Langford went 3 for 5 with a RBI
* Richard Fitts earned a spot in the rotation to start the season after seizing the opportunity that was created when Brayan Bello and Lucas Giolito suffered minor injuries in camp that delayed their start to the season and Fitts would pitch 6 strong innings allowing 1 run on 6 hits with 6 Ks to earnt he win
* Jacob deGrom is healthy to begin the season and got the start on the mound for Texas and lasted just 4 innings as Bruce Bochy had a bit of a quick hook and deGrom would take the loss allowing 4 runs on 7 hits while striking out 6
* Aroldis Chapman came into a tough situation after a rocky bottom of the 9th from Justin Slaten that saw the Rangers score 3 runs and put the tying run on base with 1 out before Chapman came in from the pen and struck out Joc Pederson and Adolis Garcia to record his 2nd save of the season
* The Red Sox will travel to Baltimore where they will be right back in action tomorrow to begin a 3 game series at Camden Yards agains the Orioles who are also 3-1 on the season and tied with the Red Sox for 1st place in the AL East. Sean Newcomb will be on the mound for Boston making his Red Sox debut while Cade Povich will take the mound for Baltimore in the Orioles home opener
HIGHLIGHTS & BOX SCORE
Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers | ||||||||||||
Mar 30, 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Boston (2-1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
Texas (1-2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
W: Richard Fitts (1-0) L: Jacob deGrom (0-1) S: Aroldis Chapman (2) |
Scoring Summary | ||||
SCORING DETAILS | BOS | TEX | ||
BOS | 1 | Alex Bregman 2-run HR to CF (Devers scores) | 2 | 0 |
BOS | 1 | Triston Casas solo HR to RF | 3 | 0 |
TEX | 2 | Jonah Heim singled to LF (Smith scores) | 3 | 1 |
BOS | 5 | Triston Casas singled to CF (Duran scores) | 4 | 1 |
BOS | 5 | Connor Wong singled to CF (Casas & Campbell score) | 6 | 1 |
TEX | 7 | Marcus Semien sac fly to RF (Burger scores) | 6 | 2 |
BOS | 8 | Jarren Duran doubled to RF (Hamilton scores) | 7 | 2 |
TEX | 9 | Jonah Heim sac fly to CF (Smith scores) | 7 | 3 |
TEX | 9 | Corey Seager singled to CF (Taveras scores) | 7 | 4 |
TEX | 9 | Wyatt Langford singled to LF (Semien scores) | 7 | 5 |
Boston Red Sox | ||||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
Duran, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
Devers, DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .429 |
Bregman, 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .316 |
Casas, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .368 |
Campbell, 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .294 |
Abreu, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 |
Wong, C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
Hamilton, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
Rafaela, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 |
TEAM TOTALS | 42 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
BATTING: 2B: Devers (4), Bregman (4), Duran (2) HR: Bregman (1), Casas (2) RBI: Bregman 2 (4), Casas 2 (4), Wong 2 (2), Duran (3) |
Texas Rangers | ||||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
Semien, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .353 |
Seager, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
Langford, LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .421 |
Pederson, DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 |
Garcia, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .412 |
Burger, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .178 |
Smith, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .417 |
Heim, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Taveras, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .417 |
TEAM TOTALS | 38 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
BATTING: 2B: Smith (1) 3B: Smith (1) RBI: Heim 2 (3), Langford (1), Seager (3), Semien (1) SF: Semien, Heim GIDP: Seager |
Boston Red Sox | ||||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Richard Fitts (W, 1-0) | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
Greg Weissert (H, 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
Justin Wilson (H, 1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Justin Slaten | 0.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 |
Aroldis Chapman (S, 2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Fitts - 86 Pitches (78% Strikes) |
Texas Rangers | ||||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Jacob deGrom (L, 0-1) | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9.00 |
Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 |
Jacob Webb | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.86 |
Marc Church | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: deGrom - 69 Pitches (71% Strikes) |
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